1900s Baby Names
1,819 names were given to children in the United States between 1900 and 1909, ranked below by how many.
A name's place is its total across those ten years. Names that appear in only some of the decade say so, because a name recorded once is a different fact from one recorded every year.
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#1,037Dominic Dominic is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "of the Lord," from dominus.295 in the 1900s
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#1,046Alan Alan is a boy's name of Breton origin whose meaning has never been established.293 in the 1900s
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#1,073King King is a boy's name taken from the English title, from the Old English cyning.277 in the 1900s
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#1,098Roman Roman is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "citizen of Rome," from Romanus.265 in the 1900s
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#1,102Isaiah Isaiah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "Yahweh is salvation," from Yesha'yahu.263 in the 1900s
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#1,103Eric Eric is a boy's name of Old Norse origin meaning "eternal ruler" or "sole ruler."262 in the 1900s
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#1,131Billy Billy is a boy's name of Germanic origin meaning "resolute protector."253 in the 1900s
What Made a 1900s Name
Children in the United States were registered with it between 1900 and 1909. A name's position here is how many of them were.
Why Some Names Only Cover Part of the Decade
A name that appears in three of the ten years either arrived partway through or faded out — and either is more interesting than the total on its own. The statistics offices do not publish names given to very few children in a year, so a gap can also mean the count dropped below the threshold rather than to nothing.
Where to Go Next
Open any name to see its full curve — most of these have a hundred and forty years of it. Or compare the ends of the same measurement: the most popular names now and the rarest.